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Cover of Hobtown mystery Stories volume 3 “The Secret of the Saucer”, showing main character Dana Nance holding a purple balaclava and a Howitzer shell in front the massive gun as a pink beam of light shines through the clouds onto a hidden green gorilla. Yea.

Hobtown Mystery Stories volume 3 “The Secret of the Saucer” is my favorite book of 2025. I’ve been looking forward to it since 2019 and it was a satisfying landing. Thanks for sticking it through.

Congrats @hobtown.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social

Thank you to Rangers, Stephen, Edgar, and Sarah for hosting a fun event, “Mark Making: Drawing from Leave No Trace” that combined elements of how we experience nature at Sandy Hook national park with art history and a sketchbook practice.
Two more free programs on August 11 and 25 from 6:30-8.

My newsletter “Notes from the Lab” summer edition is available now. It has a free comic and a breakdown on the process I used to make it.

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We’re discussing @martinsimmonds.bsky.social and @jamesthefourth.bsky.social first thee arcs of “The Department of Truth” this month.

This month’s book is “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe. #gnbookclub

Fentanyl: A Decade of Death - inewsource Steve Breen explores the human toll of fentanyl in this 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Illustrated Storytelling and Commentary.

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Iran Martinez, Steve Breen, Jamie Self and Giovanni Moujaes of inewsource, San Diego for ‘Fentanyl: A Decade of Death’ .

True stories from an ICU: Was it right to keep her alive? An ICU nurse explores the impact of end-of-life care in an illustrated opinion piece.

Just discovered the great comics that were finalists for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary: apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/grap... "True stories from an ICU" by Jess Ruliffson and Ernesto Barbieri. #comics #graphicmedicine

It’s Eddie Cambell and Alan Moore’s “From Hell”, Monday June 2.

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Very cool, thank you. I missed that it was the same book from Sam’s bathtub read. It feels like a perfect subtle callback to Sam’s successful existence in Woodbrook contrasted with Nigel’s failure in breaking the rules. Well done.

I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of your work!

We’re discussing “Beneath the Trees” this month @thegeekerynj.bsky.social Book club and I was hoping @patrickhorvath.bsky.social would comment on the choice of this book for this scene? Are you connecting to one of the real books or just the idiom?

I’m excited for these two books in 2025 from one of comics’ great creator duos @tylerboss.bsky.social and @ashcanpress.com now doing separate work. Congratulations and all the best.

This month we’re discussing “Eight Billion Genies” by @ryanbrowne.bsky.social and @charlessoule.bsky.social

Dm for more info

We’re discussing #thenicehouseonthelake by @jamesthefourth.bsky.social and @amartinezbueno.bsky.social this month for our online GN Book club Monday Nov 25 7-8pm EST. Dm for more info.

This month we’re discussing “Batman The Long Halloween” by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale.

#thelonghalloween #comics #GNbookclub

September’s book is “Do a Powerbomb” by Daniel Warren Johnson. DM to join.

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“Suhmah” newsletter is out and has Kirby, horror, and a poetry comic. Sign up at my website link in bio.

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We're discussing the adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughter House-Five" by Ryan North and Albert Monteys on May 27, 7-8 pm EST.

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The latest edition of my newsletter “Notes From The Lab”is out. You can find it in my links above. It has a free comic not posted on the internet, along with updates on my graphic novel progress and an activity to try when making your own comics.
#comics #makingcomics #drawing

Monday, April 22 at 7-8pm EST using google meet.

We’re discussing cosmic detective by Jeff Lemire @mattkindt.bsky.social and @davidrubin.bsky.social . DM for meeting info.

#comics #bookclub @imagecomics.bsky.social

Our March book is “20th Century Men” by D. Camp, S. Morian, and A. Bidikar.

March 27, 2024 7-8pm EST
Contact for google meet info.

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@imagecomics.bsky.social

We're discussing "Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995" by Joe Sacco and published by @fantagraphics.bsky.social .

Wednesday February 28 at 7 PM EST. Email me to join the discussion.

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Deviant by @jamesthefourth.bsky.social, Josh Hixson and @hassanoe.bsky.social creates such an unsettling atmosphere. I’d love to hear a deeper dive into @tylerboss.bsky.social design process and how that works into it. E.g., how the choice of this panel wide type for the setting 🤍came about?

The @thegeekerynj.bsky.social Book club wants to know, @kendallgoode.bsky.social @xtop.bsky.social , if this panel from “Dirtbag Rapture” is a shout out to @tylerboss.bsky.social and @ashcanpress.bsky.social “WTFPFH”?!

We’re discussing @zdarsky.bsky.social “Public Domain” this month for Book Club. Online google meet, Wednesday 1/24/24, 7-8 pm EST. Email to join.

I help run an online graphic novel book club for adults every 4th Wednesday from 7-8pm EST. Here are the upcoming books. Message me if interested and I’ll send you the Google meet link info.

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